Coffee-making device



H. MOCK.

(TOFFEE MAKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.6, 1922.

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.,

Patented Sept, 5, 1922.

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COFFEE-MAKING DEVICE.

Application filed January 6, 1922. Serial No. 527,479.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Huco Moon, a citizen of the United States, residingat 930. St. Nicholas Ave, New York, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvement inCoffee-Making Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a simple means andmethod of preparing coffee as a beverage.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for securingthe maximum extraction of the potable ingredients of coffee with aminimum amount of tannin and undesirable ingredients.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means for usingpulverized coffee in preparing the coffee beverage, including means forreadily separating the pulverized coffee from the potable beverage.

Further objects of the invention will be apparent from the. drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Figure 2 is asectional view of the device shown in use.

1 is a shallow metallic member having a handle 2 fixed thereto, thehollow member 1 and handle 2 being preferably made of aluminum. 3 is abag of textile fabric such as canton or cotton flannel of suflicientdensity to permit the passage of coffee extract but not permitting thepassage of pulverized or finely ground coffee. As shown in Figure 2, thebag 3 has a large opening at the top thereof, the edges of the bag beingdrawn over a metallic aluminum ring 4- so that the top of the bagretains its shape. The member l is adapted to fit the ring 4t and theedge of the bag 3 so that when the ring 4; is adjusted .inside of themember 1, the bag 3 is tightly closed, and while permitting the passageof fluid through the fabric of the bag 3 none of the coffee contained inthe bag can escape therefrom. 5 represents a ring made of metal or glasswhich is attached to the lower part of the bag 3 in order to properlyweight same and the function of which will be hereafter explained. 7represents a tea or coffee pot or any conventional device which willhold boiling water and forms no subject of this invention.

The operation of the device is as follows The bag 3 is half filled withextremely finely ground or pulverized coffee and the top member 1 isinserted over the ring 4 and the entire device is inserted into thevessel r. Boiling water is then poured into the essel to completelycover the memberl. lhe boiling water enters the bag 3 and isdisseminated therethrough. By moving the handle 2 up and down, apiston-like action is produced and the liquid contents of the bag arebeing constantly changed so that thorough infusion of the coffee in thebag 3 s possible; The heavy ring 5 which is sewn into the bag 3 is forthe purpose of automatically expanding the bag 3 when it has beencontracted by the action of the handle 2. After the handle 2 has beenpushed down, the bag 3 is naturally collapsed, but on lifting up thehandle 2, it will naturally expand again through the weight of the heavyring When the maximum amount of extraction has taken place, the deviceis removed entirely from the container 7 and the coffee is ready fordrinking.

In operation, it is preferable that the con tamer 7 should first beheated with boiling water so that it will be as near as possible to atemperature of 212 and care should be taken that the water used in theextraction should also be vigorously boiling.

By the device above described, the grounds are easily removed from theliquid beverage and by means of the intermittent compression andagitation produced with the handle 2 and the construction shown, a fullextraction is obtained.

1 am aware that it is (1d in the artto use cofi ee bags and filters, butI believe it is novel to make a coffee bag of the particular form andconstruction herein described.

What I claim is p 1. In a coffee making device, a bag of textile fabric,the texture of said bag permitting the ready passage of coffee extracttherethrough but not permitting the passage of pulverized coffee, arigid closure for the top of said bag and a handle attached to saidclosure and means attached to said bag for expanding the same.

2. In a coffee making device, a bag of textile fabric having an openingat the top thereof, a metallic closure for said opening and a handleattached to said closure by which the contents of said bag may be simul-I ing said bag.

5. In a cofi'ee making device, a bag of textlle fabric, means forclosing said has; and

means for compressing and agitating the bag and means permanent Withinthe bag for expanding said bag, so that the coffee extract isintermittently ejected from and injected into said bag.

('3. In a coffee making device, a bag of textile fabric, a Hat metallicplate closing said bag, a handle attached to said plate by Which 4 thecontents of said hag may be compressed,

and means normally Weighting the bag at the bottom and serving to holdit normally elongated and for expanding said bag after compression.

In testimony whereof I hereunto my 30 signature.

HUGO MOCK.

